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... existence - the significance of which for the history of humanity cannot be fully understood , —is now , alas , only a precarious present , with no record in the past and the certain fading away into extinction in the future . How long ...
... existence - the significance of which for the history of humanity cannot be fully understood , —is now , alas , only a precarious present , with no record in the past and the certain fading away into extinction in the future . How long ...
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... existence , bound hand and foot in the mummy - cerements of an ob- stinate , unmeaning , and indomitable conservatism . It is not till the third great æon of human records- far back indeed , but still so immediately connected with the ...
... existence , bound hand and foot in the mummy - cerements of an ob- stinate , unmeaning , and indomitable conservatism . It is not till the third great æon of human records- far back indeed , but still so immediately connected with the ...
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... existence of Sanskrit was an Italian , Filippo Sassetti , who became acquainted with it during a residence at Goa between the years 1583-1588 . " Sono scritte le loro scienze tutte , ' he says in his Letters ( which were first published ...
... existence of Sanskrit was an Italian , Filippo Sassetti , who became acquainted with it during a residence at Goa between the years 1583-1588 . " Sono scritte le loro scienze tutte , ' he says in his Letters ( which were first published ...
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... existence , the importance of intermediate types , the perpetuation of accidental divergences , the powerful effect of infinitesimal changes long continued , above all , the beautiful law of analogy , the law which shows that there is ...
... existence , the importance of intermediate types , the perpetuation of accidental divergences , the powerful effect of infinitesimal changes long continued , above all , the beautiful law of analogy , the law which shows that there is ...
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... existence , was once a separate word with a distinct meaning of its Now , the Abbé Domenech tells us that such is the absolute deficiency of the most simple ab- stractions in some of the American languages , that * For a fuller ...
... existence , was once a separate word with a distinct meaning of its Now , the Abbé Domenech tells us that such is the absolute deficiency of the most simple ab- stractions in some of the American languages , that * For a fuller ...
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